As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2005
Registration No. 333-126489

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

NovaDel Pharma Inc.  
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware  
2834  
22-2407152
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

25 Minneakoning Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 782-3431
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Gary A. Shangold, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
NovaDel Pharma Inc.
25 Minneakoning Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 782-3431
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of agents for service)
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Copies to:
Ira L. Kotel, Esq.
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10036-2714
(212) 835-1400

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to time or at one time after this Registration Statement becomes effective in light of market conditions and other factors.
 
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x
 
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
 
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
9,426,234
$1.17
$11,028,693.78
$1,298.08

(1) Includes 6,733,024 shares of common stock and 2,693,210 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of certain warrants issued by the registrant.

(2) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities Act, the proposed per share maximum offering price of such shares of common stock is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee. The amount of the fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) based on the average of the high and low sales prices of our common stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on July 7, 2005, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.

(3) Previously paid in connection with our initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2005.

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there are also being registered such additional shares of common stock as may become issuable upon the exercise of the warrants to purchase 2,693,210 shares of common stock described in footnote 1 in connection with stock splits, stock dividends and anti-dilution provisions.

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
 

 
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed or amended. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
Subject to Completion
Preliminary Prospectus dated July 26, 2005
 


9,426,234

Shares of common stock

This prospectus relates to the public offering of up to 9,426,234 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, for sale by certain of our stockholders identified in this prospectus for their own accounts. Such stockholders are referred to throughout this prospectus as “selling security holders.” These shares include 2,693,210 shares that are issuable upon exercise of certain warrants.

In this prospectus and any amendment or supplement hereto, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “NovaDel”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer and relate to NovaDel Pharma Inc. The selling security holders who wish to sell their shares of our common stock may offer and sell such shares on a continuous or delayed basis in the future. These sales may be conducted in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and at market prices, fixed prices or negotiated prices. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock owned by the selling security holders but we will receive funds from the exercise of their warrants, if at all. Any such proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. One should read this prospectus and any amendment or supplement hereto together with additional information described under the heading “Available Information”.

Our common stock is listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) under the symbol “NVD”. On July 7, 2005, the closing sales price for the common stock on the AMEX was $1.18 per share.

OUR COMMON STOCK BEING OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD READ THE “RISK FACTORS” SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE ANY SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK.

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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Prospectus is __________________, 2005
 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
About this Prospectus
 
1
 
Summary Information and Risk Factors
 
1
 
Recent Events
 
2
 
Risk Factors
 
3
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
22
 
Use of Proceeds
 
23
 
Selling Security Holders
 
23
 
Plan of Distribution
 
25
 
Experts
 
28
 
Legal Matters
 
28
 
Where you can find additional Information
 
28
 
Information Incorporated By Reference
 
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Any prospective investor should not rely on any information not contained in this document. We have not authorized anyone to provide any other information to the contrary. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate as of and on the date of this document.

About this Prospectus

This summary highlights certain information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. One should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding NovaDel and our financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

Summary Information and Risk Factors

NovaDel Pharma Inc., is engaged in the development of novel application drug delivery systems for presently marketed prescription, over-the-counter (“OTC”) and veterinary drugs. Our patented and patent-pending delivery system is a lingual spray potentially enabling drug absorption through the oral mucosa and more rapid absorption into the bloodstream than presently available oral delivery systems. We currently have five patents issued in the United States and five patents which have been issued outside the United States. Additionally, we have approximately 120 patents pending worldwide. Our proprietary delivery system potentially enhances and greatly accelerates the onset of the therapeutic benefits within minutes of administration. Our development efforts for our proprietary novel drug delivery system are concentrated on making such delivery system available for drugs that are already available and proven in the marketplace. In addition to increasing the bioavailability of a drug by avoiding metabolism by the liver before entry into the bloodstream, we believe that our proprietary drug delivery system potentially offers the following significant advantages: (i) more rapid delivery of drugs to the bloodstream allowing for quicker onset of therapeutic effects compared to conventional oral dosage forms; (ii) improved drug safety profile by reducing the required dosage, including possible reduction of side-effects; (iii) improved dosage reliability; (iv) allowing medication to be taken without water; and (v) improved patient convenience and compliance.
 
Our strategy is to concentrate our product development activities primarily on pharmaceutical products for which there already are significant prescription sales, where the use of our proprietary novel drug delivery technology will greatly enhance speed of onset of therapeutic effect, reduce side effects through a reduction of the amount of active drug substance required to produce a given therapeutic effect and/or improve patient convenience or compliance.
 
We have identified six (6) tier-one priority products for development, namely nitroglycerin, sumatriptan, alprazolam, zolpidem, ondansetron and propofol. We have also identified a number of other development initiatives, which are currently less of a priority than our six (6) tier-one priority programs. These products include, among other products, clemastine, loratadine, and estradiol and progesterone lingual sprays. However, additional development work on such products has been put on hold due to changes in the marketplace which have significantly reduced the market potential for these compounds.
 


In light of the material expense and delays associated with independently developing and obtaining approval of pharmaceutical products, we continue to develop a number of such products through collaborative arrangements with major pharmaceutical and veterinary companies, such pharmaceutical companies providing the funding for the development of specified drug products. To date, other than license agreements with (i) Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in connection with propofol, (ii) Velcera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in connection with veterinary applications for currently marketed veterinary drugs, (iii) Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., for the marketing rights in the United States and Canada for our nitroglycerin lingual spray, and (iv) Hana Biosciences, Inc., for the marketing rights in the United States and Canada for our ondansetron lingual spray, we have not entered into any material development arrangements with any pharmaceutical companies. We believe that we will require additional financing and/or additional alliances with well-funded development partners to undertake and maintain our business plan.
 
On November 18, 2004, we entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement with INyX USA, Ltd., pursuant to which INyX agreed to manufacture and supply our nitroglycerin lingual spray, NitroMistTM. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreement, for a five-year period, INyX will be our exclusive provider of the nitroglycerin lingual spray, and is required to manufacture, package and supply the nitroglycerin lingual spray, for sales worldwide, excluding Poland, Byelorussia, the former Russian Republics of Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the United Arab Emirates. Thereafter, INyX will have a non-exclusive right to manufacture the nitroglycerin lingual spray for an additional five years. We had total fixed assets of $543,000 and inventories of $433,000 at the facilities of INyX as of April 30, 2005. Such assets are our property and cannot be used by INyX for any other business. In the event that our agreement with INyX is terminated for any reason, such assets are to be returned to us.
 
NitroMist is a pending trademark of Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.
 
At our inception in 1982, NovaDel, then known as Pharmaconsult, consulted to the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on product development activities of various European pharmaceutical companies. Since 1992, we have used our consulting revenues to fund our own product development activities. Our focus on developing our own products evolved naturally out of our consulting experience for other pharmaceutical companies. Substantially all of our revenues previously were derived from our consulting activities. Consulting activities are no longer a material part of our business. In 1991, we changed our name to Flemington Pharmaceutical Corporation. Effective October 1, 2002, we changed our name to NovaDel Pharma Inc. Our principal business address is 25 Minneakoning Road, Flemington, New Jersey, 08822, and our telephone number is (908) 782-3431.
 
Recent Events

Approvable Letter
 
On June 2, 2005, we received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding our New Drug Application (NDA) for NitroMist, our nitroglycerin lingual spray (nitroglycerin lingual aerosol), indicated for acute relief of an attack or acute prophylaxis of angina pectoris due to coronary artery disease. We believe that the FDA will give final approval of NitroMist once we complete certain manufacturing process validation commitments which we had previously agreed to with the FDA, although we may not complete such commitments and the FDA may not grant such final approval. The FDA is not requiring us to complete any additional clinical studies for approval. We have partnered this product with Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., who has exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute NitroMist in the United States and Canada. We are entitled to a milestone payment from Par upon receiving final approval from the FDA, if at all, and are entitled to receive royalties on sales of NitroMist by Par, assuming that Par is successful in marketing, selling and distributing NitroMist. Manufacturing of the product will occur at the Manati, Puerto Rico facility of Inyx USA, Ltd.
 
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Private Placement
 
On May 26, 2005, we completed a private placement of 6,733,024 shares of our common stock and Class D warrants to purchase a total of 2,356,559 shares of our common stock, with an initial exercise price equal to $1.30 per share, subject to adjustment. We received gross proceeds of approximately $7,069,675 and net proceeds of approximately $6,300,000, from the private placement. In connection with the private placement, we paid a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds from the private placement to Paramount BioCapital, Inc., who acted as our placement agent, and issued to Paramount BioCapital a warrant to purchase 336,651 shares of our common stock. The warrant issued to Paramount BioCapital is exercisable at an initial exercise price equal to $1.30 per share (subject to adjustment). Paramount BioCapital was also entitled to an expense allowance of up to $50,000 to reimburse it for its out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the private placement. Paramount BioCapital and its affiliates are beneficial owners of a significant amount of shares of our common stock and securities exercisable for shares of our common stock and accordingly, Paramount BioCapital may be deemed to be our affiliate.
 
Risk Factors

One should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this prospectus before investing in our common stock. Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Any of the following risks could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, performance, achievements and industry and could result in a complete loss of one’s investment. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we may face.
 
WE ARE A PRE-COMMERCIALIZATION COMPANY, HAVE A LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY AND HAVE NOT GENERATED ANY REVENUES FROM THE SALE OF PRODUCTS TO DATE.
 
We are a pre-commercialization biopharmaceutical company. Therefore, you must evaluate us in light of the uncertainties and complexities present in such companies. We have not generated any revenue from the commercial sale of our proposed products and do not expect to receive such revenue in the near future. We have no material licensing or royalty revenue or products ready for use or licensing in the marketplace. This limited history may not be adequate to enable one to fully assess our ability to develop our technologies and proposed products, obtain FDA approval and achieve market acceptance of our proposed products and respond to competition. We cannot be certain as to when to anticipate commercializing and marketing any of our proposed products in development, if at all, and do not expect to generate sufficient revenues from proposed product sales to cover our expenses or achieve profitability in the near future.
 
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We had an accumulated deficit as of April 30, 2005 of approximately $32.4 million. We incurred losses in each of our last eight fiscal years, including a net loss of approximately $6.3 million for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004. Because we increased our product development activities, we anticipate that we will incur substantial operating expenses in connection with continued research and development, clinical trials, testing and approval of our proposed products, and expect these expenses will result in continuing and, perhaps, significant operating losses until such time, if ever, that we are able to achieve adequate product sales levels. Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends upon our ability, alone or with others, to complete the development of our proposed products, obtain the required regulatory approvals and manufacture, market and sell our proposed products.
 
WE WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION.
 
The research, development, testing and approval of our proposed products involve significant expenditures and accordingly we require significant capital to fund such expenditures. We anticipate, based on our current proposed plans and assumptions relating to our operations (including the timetable of, and costs associated with, new product development), our existing capital resources should be sufficient to satisfy our contemplated cash requirements into the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2006. Due to our small revenue base, low level of working capital and until recently, our relative inability to increase the number of development agreements with pharmaceutical companies, we have been unable to pursue aggressively our product development strategy. We will require significant additional financing and/or a strategic alliance with a well-funded development partner to aggressively pursue our business plan. We have no current arrangements with respect to, or sources of, additional financing, and additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. Unless we raise additional financing, we may not have sufficient funds and we may not be able to complete development and commercialization of our proposed products or continue operating.
 
OUR ADDITIONAL FINANCING REQUIREMENTS COULD RESULT IN DILUTION TO EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS.
 
The additional financings we require may be obtained through one or more transactions which effectively dilute the ownership interests of our stockholders. Further, we may not be able to secure such additional financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. We have the authority to issue additional shares of common stock, as well as additional classes or series of ownership interests or debt obligations which may be convertible into any one or more classes or series of ownership interests. We are authorized to issue a total of 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Such securities may be issued without the approval or other consent of our stockholders. See “Risk Factors - Additional authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock available for issuance may adversely affect the market”.
 
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OUR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM IS BASED SOLELY ON OUR PROPRIETARY DRUG DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY. OUR ONGOING CLINICAL TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OF OUR PRODUCT CANDIDATES MAY BE DELAYED, OR FAIL, WHICH WILL HARM OUR BUSINESS.
 
Our strategy is to concentrate our product development activities primarily on pharmaceutical products for which there already are significant prescription sales, where the use of our proprietary, novel drug delivery technology will greatly enhance speed of onset of therapeutic effect, reduce side effects through a reduction of the amount of active drug substance required to produce a given therapeutic effect and improve patient convenience or compliance.
 
We filed an NDA for our nitroglycerin lingual spray, NitroMist™, on June 21, 2004, which was accepted for filing by the FDA on September 29, 2004. We received a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) date of June 4, 2005, for NitroMist, and received an approvable letter from the FDA on June 2, 2005. We believe that the FDA will give final approval of NitroMist once we complete certain manufacturing process validation commitments which we had previously agreed to with the FDA. The FDA is not requiring us to complete any additional clinical studies for approval. Although we currently intend to complete the manufacturing process validation commitments, the FDA may not grant us final marketing approval for NitroMist if do not timely complete the manufacturing process validation Commitments or for other reasons.
 
We have initiated and completed pharmacokinetic studies of Tier I priority products during late calendar year 2004 and early calendar year 2005. These products are lingual spray formulations of ondansetron, sumatriptan, alprazolam, propofol and zolpidem. The goal of these pilot pharmacokinetic studies is to determine whether or not a specific lingual spray can achieve therapeutic blood levels of an active ingredient via administration through the oral mucosa. If blood levels are not achieved, it could result in the need to reformulate the lingual spray and/or to terminate work on a specific compound which would have a material adverse effect on our operations.
 
We have also completed pilot pharmacokinetic studies for two antihistamine lingual sprays (loratadine and clemastine), an estradiol lingual spray and a progesterone lingual spray. In addition, we completed phase 2 clinical trials for the clemastine lingual spray. However, additional development work on loratadine, clemastine, estradiol and progesterone has been put on hold due to changes in the marketplace which have significantly reduced the market potential for these compounds.
 
Companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after obtaining promising results in earlier trials. Data obtained from tests are susceptible to varying interpretations which may delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. In addition, companies may be unable to enroll patients quickly enough to meet expectations for completing clinical trials. The timing and completion of current and planned clinical trials of our product candidates depend on, among other factors, the rate at which patients are enrolled, which is a function of many factors, including:
 
—the number of clinical sites;
—the size of the patient population;
 
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—the proximity of patients to the clinical sites;
—the eligibility criteria for the study;
—the existence of competing clinical trials; and
—the existence of alternative available products.
 
Delays in patient enrollment in clinical trials may occur, which would likely result in increased costs, program delays or both.
 
THERE ARE CERTAIN INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIPS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
 
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., a significant stockholder, directly and indirectly, of NovaDel, is the Chairman and sole shareholder of Paramount BioCapital. In the regular course of its business and the business of its affiliates, and outside of its arrangement with us, Paramount BioCapital and/or its affiliates identify, evaluate and pursue investment opportunities in biomedical and pharmaceutical products, technologies and companies. In addition, Dr. Rosenwald and his affiliates may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 25.5% of our outstanding common stock (assuming exercise of certain warrants beneficially owned by Dr. Rosenwald and his affiliates). As such, Dr. Rosenwald and Paramount BioCapital may be deemed to be our affiliates. Dr. Rosenwald and Paramount BioCapital may also be deemed to be affiliates of Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Velcera Pharmaceuticals and Hana Biosciences. Generally, Delaware corporate law requires that any transactions between us and any of our affiliates be on terms that, when taken as a whole, are substantially as favorable to us as those then reasonably obtainable in an arms length transaction from a person who is not an affiliate. Nevertheless, neither Dr. Rosenwald nor Paramount BioCapital, nor their affiliates, are obligated pursuant to any agreement or understanding with us to make any additional products or technologies available to us, nor can there be any assurance, and we do not expect and our stockholders should not expect, that any biomedical or pharmaceutical product or technology identified by Dr. Rosenwald nor Paramount BioCapital, or their affiliates, in the future will be made available to us. In addition, certain of our current officers and directors or any officers or directors hereafter appointed by us may from time to time serve as officers or directors of other biopharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. Such other companies may have interests in conflict with our interests.

Our outside counsel, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, who represented us in the private placement completed on May 26, 2005, also represents Dr. Rosenwald, Paramount BioCapital and certain of their affiliates from time to time, for which it has received, and will receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.
 
OUR BUSINESS AND REVENUE IS DEPENDENT ON THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PRODUCTS.
 
Revenue received from our product development efforts consists of payments by pharmaceutical companies for research and bioavailability studies, pilot clinical trials and similar milestone-related payments. Our future growth and profitability will be dependent upon our ability successfully to raise additional funds to complete the development of, obtain regulatory approvals for and license out or market our proposed products. Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered in connection with the establishment of a new business in a highly competitive industry, characterized by frequent new product introductions. We anticipate that we will incur substantial operating expenses in connection with the development, testing and approval of our proposed products and expect these expenses to result in continuing and significant operating losses until such time, if ever, that we are able to achieve adequate levels of sales or license revenues. We may not be able to raise additional financing, increase revenues significantly, or achieve profitable operations. See “Risk Factors - We will require significant capital for product development and commercialization” and “- Our strategy is to enter into collaboration agreements with third parties and we may require additional collaboration agreements. If we fail to enter into these agreements or if we or the third parties do not perform under such agreements, it could impair our ability to commercialize our proposed products”.
 
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WE DO NOT HAVE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS.
 
Our principal efforts are the development of, and obtaining regulatory approvals for, our proposed products. We anticipate that marketing activities for our proprietary products, whether by us or one or more of our licensees, if any, will not begin until the first or second calendar quarter of 2006 at the earliest. Accordingly, it is not anticipated that we will generate any revenues from royalties or sales of proprietary products until regulatory approvals are obtained and marketing activities begin. Any one or more of our proposed proprietary products may not prove to be commercially viable, or if viable, may not reach the marketplace on a basis consistent with our desired timetables. The failure or the delay of any one or more of our proposed products to achieve commercial viability would have a material adverse effect on us.
 
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
 
We have not completed the development of our proposed products and we will be required to devote considerable effort and expenditures to complete such development. In addition to obtaining adequate financing, satisfactory completion of development, testing, government approval and sufficient production levels of such products must be obtained before the proposed products will become available for commercial sale. We do not anticipate generating material revenue from product sales until perhaps early in calendar year 2006 or thereafter. Other potential products remain in the conceptual or very early development stage and remain subject to all the risks inherent in the development of pharmaceutical products, including unanticipated development problems and possible lack of funds to undertake or continue development. These factors could result in abandonment or substantial change in the development of a specific formulated product. We may not be able to successfully develop any one or more of our proposed products or develop such proposed products on a timely basis. Further, such proposed products may not be commercially accepted if developed. The inability to successfully complete development, or a determination by us, for financial or other reasons, not to undertake to complete development of any proposed product, particularly in instances in which we have made significant capital expenditures, could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.
 
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WE DO NOT HAVE DIRECT CONSUMER MARKETING EXPERIENCE.
 
We have no experience in marketing or distribution at the consumer level of our proposed products. Moreover, we do not have the financial or other resources to undertake extensive marketing and advertising activities. Accordingly, we intend generally to rely on marketing arrangements, including possible joint ventures or license or distribution arrangements with third parties. Except for our agreements with Par Pharmaceutical, Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Velcera Pharmaceuticals, and Hana Biosciences, we have not entered into any significant agreements or arrangements with respect to the marketing of our proposed products. We may not be able to enter into any such agreements or similar arrangements in the future and we may not be able to successfully market our products. If we fail to enter into these agreements or if we or the third parties do not perform under such agreements, it could impair our ability to commercialize our products. If we do not develop a marketing force of our own, then we will depend on arrangements with corporate partners or other entities for the marketing and sale of our remaining products. Our strategy to rely on third party marketing arrangements could adversely affect our profit margins.
 
WE MUST COMPLY WITH GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES.
 
The manufacture of our pharmaceutical products under development will be subject to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) prescribed by the FDA, pre-approval inspections by the FDA or comparable foreign authorities, or both, before commercial manufacture of any such products and periodic cGMP compliance inspections thereafter by the FDA. We, or any of our third party manufacturers, may not be able to comply with cGMP or satisfy pre- or post-approval inspections by the FDA or comparable foreign authorities in connection with the manufacture of our proposed products. Failure or delay by us or any such manufacturer to comply with cGMP or satisfy pre- or post-approval inspections would have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.
 
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR SUPPLIERS.
 
We believe that the active ingredients used in the manufacture of our proposed pharmaceutical products are presently available from numerous suppliers located in the United States, Europe, India and Japan. We believe that certain raw materials, including inactive ingredients, are available from a limited number of suppliers and that certain packaging materials intended for use in connection with our spray products currently are available only from sole source suppliers. Although we do not believe we will encounter difficulties in obtaining the inactive ingredients or packaging materials necessary for the manufacture of our proposed products, we may not be able to enter into satisfactory agreements or arrangements for the purchase of commercial quantities of such materials. We have a written supply agreement with Dynamit Nobel for certain raw materials for our nitroglycerin lingual spray and a written supply agreement in place with INyX, who intend to manufacture our nitroglycerin lingual spray in its Manatee, Puerto Rico facility. With respect to other suppliers, we operate primarily on a purchase order basis beyond which there is no contract memorializing our purchasing arrangements. The inability to enter into agreements or otherwise arrange for adequate or timely supplies of principal raw materials and the possible inability to secure alternative sources of raw material supplies, or the failure of Dynamit Nobel or INyX to comply with their supply obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to arrange for the manufacture of formulated products. In addition, development and regulatory approval of our products are dependent upon our ability to procure active ingredients and certain packaging materials from FDA-approved sources. Since the FDA approval process requires manufacturers to specify their proposed suppliers of active ingredients and certain packaging materials in their applications, FDA approval of a supplemental application to use a new supplier would be required if active ingredients or such packaging materials were no longer available from the originally specified supplier, which may result in manufacturing delays. If we do not maintain important manufacturing relationships, we may fail to find a replacement manufacturer or to develop our own manufacturing capabilities. If we cannot do so, it could delay or impair our ability to obtain regulatory approval for our products and substantially increase our costs or deplete any profit margins. If we do find replacement manufacturers, we may not be able to enter into agreements with them on terms and conditions favorable to us and, there could be a substantial delay before a new facility could be qualified and registered with the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities.
 
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OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN MATERIALLY DEFICIENT, AND WE ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES.
 
In October 2004, we and our independent registered public accounting firm recognized that our internal controls had material weaknesses. These material weaknesses led in part to the delay in the production of our audited financial statements for fiscal 2004. We have restated our results of operations for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2002, and July 31, 2003, and for our quarterly results in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002. Our independent registered public accounting firm advised us of material weaknesses noted during its audit of our 2004 financial statements.
 
If we cannot rectify these material weaknesses through remedial measures and improvements to our systems and procedures, management may encounter difficulties in timely assessing business performance and identifying incipient strategic and oversight issues. In December 2004, we hired a new Chief Financial Officer and in March 2005, we hired a Corporate Controller. We believe that these hirings will improve our internal controls, particularly with respect to our need to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Management is currently focused on remedying internal control deficiencies, and this focus will require management from time to time to devote its attention away from other planning, oversight and performance functions.

We will apply substantial resources at all relevant managerial levels toward the task of improving our internal control environment. We cannot provide assurances as to the timing of the completion of these efforts or estimates of the prospective costs of these efforts, either in dollar terms or in the form of management attention. We cannot be certain that the measures we take will ensure that we implement and maintain adequate internal controls in the future. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.
 
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FAILURE TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 404 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS AND OPERATING RESULTS. IN ADDITION, CURRENT AND POTENTIAL STOCKHOLDERS COULD LOSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING, WHICH COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR STOCK PRICE.
 
Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our operating results could be harmed.
 
We will be required to document and test our internal control procedures in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm addressing these assessments. During the course of our testing we may identify deficiencies which we may not be able to remediate in time to meet the deadline imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for compliance with the requirements of Section 404. In addition, if we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, as such standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a material adverse effect on the stock price of our common stock.
 
COMPLIANCE WITH CHANGING REGULATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.
 
Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and AMEX rules, are creating uncertainty for companies such as ours. These new or changed laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. In particular, our efforts to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting and our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit of that assessment will require the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources. In addition, it has become more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. We expect these efforts to require the continued commitment of significant resources. Further, our board members, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, our reputation may be harmed.
 
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WE FACE INTENSE COMPETITION.
 
The markets which we intend to enter are characterized by intense competition. We or our licensees may be competing against established pharmaceutical companies which currently market products which are equivalent or functionally similar to those we intend to market. Prices of drug products are significantly affected by competitive factors and tend to decline as competition increases. In addition, numerous companies are developing or may, in the future, engage in the development of products competitive with our proposed products. We expect that technological developments will occur at a rapid rate and that competition is likely to intensify as enhanced dosage from technologies gain greater acceptance. Additionally, the markets for formulated products which we have targeted for development are intensely competitive, involving numerous competitors and products. Most of our prospective competitors possess substantially greater financial, technical and other resources than we do. Moreover, many of these companies possess greater marketing capabilities than we do, including the resources necessary to enable them to implement extensive advertising campaigns. We may not be able to compete successfully with such competitors.
 
Accordingly, our competitors may succeed in obtaining patent protection, receiving FDA or comparable foreign approval or commercializing products before us. If we commence commercial product sales, we will compete against companies with greater marketing and manufacturing capabilities who may successfully develop and commercialize products that are more effective or less expensive than ours. Our competitors may be more successful in receiving third party reimbursements from government agencies and others for their commercialized products which are similar to our products. If we cannot receive third party reimbursement for our products, we may not be able to commercialize our products. These are areas in which, as yet, we have limited or no experience. In addition, developments by our competitors may render our product candidates obsolete or noncompetitive.
 
We are aware of several companies that are selling or developing lingual spray products. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, currently markets Nitrolingual® Pumpspray, a nitroglycerin lingual spray which is in an “air” propelled dispensing system (our nitroglycerin lingual spray is in a “propellant” based dispensing system). Generex Biotechnology Corporation, based in Toronto, Canada, is developing an insulin formulation that is delivered directly into the mouth via its RapidMist™ device. They also state that they have begun research on four specific target molecules for their RapidMist delivery system: morphine, fentanyl, heparin and flu vaccine. Generex is listed as the assignee on 15 United States patents. RapidMist™ is a pending trademark of Generex Biotechnology Corporation. Arakis Ltd., based in the United Kingdom, also claims to be developing an analgesic to be delivered sublingually via a non-pressurized metered dose spray formulation. There are several other companies that we are aware of that market lingual spray products containing vitamins and homeopathic ingredients.
 
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We also face, and will continue to face, competition from colleges, universities, governmental agencies and other public and private research organizations. These competitors are becoming more active in seeking patent protection and licensing arrangements to collect royalties for use of technology that they have developed. Some of these technologies may compete directly with the technologies that we are developing. These institutions will also compete with us in recruiting highly qualified scientific personnel. We expect that developments in the areas in which we are active may occur at a rapid rate and that competition will intensify as advances in this field are made. As a result, we need to continue to devote substantial resources and efforts to research and development activities.
 
LIMITED PRODUCT LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE MAY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
 
We may be exposed to potential product liability claims by end-users of our products. We presently maintain minimal product liability insurance coverage. Although we will seek to obtain additional product liability insurance per contractual obligations, before the commercialization of any of our proposed products, we cannot guarantee such insurance will be sufficient to cover all possible liabilities to which we may be exposed. Any product liability claim, even one that was not in excess of our insurance coverage or one that is meritless and/or unsuccessful, could adversely affect our cash available for other purposes, such as research and development. In addition, the existence of a product liability claim could affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, certain food and drug retailers require minimum product liability insurance coverage as a condition precedent to purchasing or accepting products for retail distribution. Product liability insurance coverage includes various deductibles, limitations and exclusions from coverage, and in any event might not fully cover any potential claims. Failure to satisfy such insurance requirements could impede the ability of us or our distributors to achieve broad retail distribution of our proposed products, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
 
EXTENSIVE GOVERNMENT REGULATION MAY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
 
The development, manufacture and commercialization of pharmaceutical products is generally subject to extensive regulation by various federal and state governmental entities. The FDA, which is the principal United States regulatory authority over pharmaceutical products, has the power to seize adulterated or misbranded products and unapproved new drugs, to request their recall from the market, to enjoin further manufacture or sale, to publicize certain facts concerning a product and to initiate criminal proceedings. As a result of federal statutes and FDA regulations pursuant to which new pharmaceuticals are required to undergo extensive and rigorous testing, obtaining pre-market regulatory approval requires extensive time and expenditures. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FFDCA”), as amended (21 U.S.C. 301 et. seq.), a new drug may not be commercialized or otherwise distributed in the United States without the prior approval of the FDA or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the FFDCA. The FDA approval processes relating to new drugs differ, depending on the nature of the particular drug for which approval is sought. With respect to any drug product with active ingredients not previously approved by the FDA, a prospective drug manufacturer is required to submit a new drug application an NDA, which includes complete reports of pre-clinical, clinical and laboratory studies to prove such product’s safety and efficacy. The NDA process generally requires, before the submission of the NDA, submission of an investigative new drug application, an IND, pursuant to which permission is sought to begin preliminary clinical testing of the new drug. Such clinical trials are required to meet good clinical practices under the FFDCA. An NDA, based on published safety and efficacy studies conducted by others, may also be required to be submitted for a drug product with a previously approved active ingredient if the method of delivery, strength or dosage form is changed. Alternatively, a drug having the same active ingredients as a drug previously approved by the FDA may be eligible to be submitted under an ANDA, which is significantly less stringent than the NDA approval process. While the ANDA process requires a manufacturer to establish bioequivalence to the previously approved drug, it permits the manufacturer to rely on the safety and efficacy studies contained in the NDA for the previously approved drug. We believe that the products we develop in spray dosage form will require the submission of an NDA, which may be based upon published safety and efficacy studies conducted by others, which is referred to as a 505(b)(2) NDA. We estimate that the development of new formulations of pharmaceutical products, including formulation, testing and obtaining FDA approval, generally takes two to three years for the 505(b)(2) NDA process. Our determinations may prove to be inaccurate or pre-marketing approval relating to our proposed products may not be obtained on a timely basis, if at all. The failure by us to obtain necessary regulatory approvals, whether on a timely basis or at all, would have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
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THE CLINICAL TRIAL AND REGULATORY APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OUR PRODUCTS IS EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING, AND THE OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN.
 
In order to sell our proposed products, we must receive separate regulatory approvals for each product. The FDA and comparable agencies in foreign countries extensively and rigorously regulate the testing, manufacture, distribution, advertising, pricing and marketing of drug products like our products. This approval process includes preclinical studies and clinical trials of each pharmaceutical compound to establish its safety and effectiveness and confirmation by the FDA and comparable agencies in foreign countries that the manufacturer maintains good laboratory and manufacturing practices during testing and manufacturing. Clinical trials generally take two to five years or more to complete. Even if favorable testing data is generated by clinical trials of drug products, the FDA may not accept an NDA submitted by a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company for such drug product for filing, or if accepted for filing, may not approve such NDA. Accordingly, although the FDA has accepted our NDA for nitroglycerin lingual spray for filing, the FDA may not complete its review in a timely manner or may reject the NDA.
 
The approval process is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. It is also possible that the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities could interrupt, delay or halt any one or more of our clinical trials. If we, or any regulatory authorities, believe that trial participants face unacceptable health risks, any one or more of our trials could be suspended or terminated. We also may not reach agreement with the FDA and/or comparable foreign agencies on the design of any one or more of the clinical studies necessary for approval. Conditions imposed by the FDA and comparable agencies in foreign countries on our clinical trials could significantly increase the time required for completion of such clinical trials and the costs of conducting the clinical trials. Data obtained from clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations which may delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval.
 
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Delays and terminations of the clinical trials we conduct could result from insufficient patient enrollment. Patient enrollment is a function of several factors, including the size of the patient population, stringent enrollment criteria, the proximity of the patients to the trial sites, having to compete with other clinical trials for eligible patients, geographical and geopolitical considerations and others. Delays in patient enrollment can result in greater costs and longer trial timeframes. Patients may also suffer adverse medical events or side effects.
 
The FDA and comparable foreign agencies may withdraw any approvals we obtain. Further, if there is a later discovery of unknown problems or if we fail to comply with other applicable regulatory requirements at any stage in the regulatory process, the FDA may restrict or delay our marketing of a product or force us to make product recalls. In addition, the FDA could impose other sanctions such as fines, injunctions, civil penalties or criminal prosecutions. To market our products outside the United States, we also need to comply with foreign regulatory requirements governing human clinical trials and marketing approval for pharmaceutical products. The FDA and foreign regulators have not yet approved any of our products under development for marketing in the United States or elsewhere. If the FDA and other regulators do not approve any one or more of our products under development, we will not be able to market such products.
 
WE EXPECT TO FACE UNCERTAINTY OVER REIMBURSEMENT AND HEALTHCARE REFORM.
 
In both the United States and other countries, sales of our products will depend in part upon the availability of reimbursement from third party payers, which include government health administration authorities, managed care providers and private health insurers. Third party payers are increasingly challenging the price and examining the cost effectiveness of medical products and services.
 
OUR STRATEGY IS TO ENTER INTO COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES AND WE MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS. IF WE FAIL TO ENTER INTO THESE AGREEMENTS OR IF WE OR THE THIRD PARTIES DO NOT PERFORM UNDER SUCH AGREEMENTS, IT COULD IMPAIR OUR ABILITY TO COMMERCIALIZE OUR PROPOSED PRODUCTS.
 
Our strategy for the completion of the required development and clinical testing of our proposed products and for the manufacturing, marketing and commercialization of such products depends upon entering into collaboration arrangements with pharmaceutical companies to market, commercialize and distribute the products. We have entered into a license agreement with Manhattan Pharmaceuticals for the worldwide, exclusive rights to our lingual spray technology to deliver propofol for pre-procedural sedation; an exclusive worldwide license for our proprietary lingual spray technology with Velcera Pharmaceuticals for the development of innovative veterinary medicines pursuant to which we are entitled to milestone payments for each product developed by Velcera and royalties on product sales and Velcera will fund all development and regulatory expenses; a license and supply agreement with Par Pharmaceutical pursuant to which Par Pharmaceutical has the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute our nitroglycerin lingual spray in the United States and Canada; and a license agreement with Hana Biosciences for the marketing rights in the United States and Canada for our ondansetron lingual spray. Our success depends upon obtaining additional collaboration partners and maintaining our relationships with our current partners. In addition, we may depend on our partners’ expertise and dedication of sufficient resources to develop and commercialize our proposed products. We may, in the future, grant to collaboration partners, rights to license and commercialize pharmaceutical products developed under collaboration agreements. Under these arrangements, our collaboration partners may control key decisions relating to the development of the products. The rights of our collaboration partners could limit our flexibility in considering alternatives for the commercialization of the products. If we fail to successfully develop these relationships or if our collaboration partners fail to successfully develop or commercialize any of our products, it may delay or prevent us from developing or commercializing our proposed products in a competitive and timely manner and would have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
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IF WE CANNOT PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OTHER COMPANIES COULD USE OUR TECHNOLOGY IN COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS. IF WE INFRINGE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS, OTHER COMPANIES COULD PREVENT US FROM DEVELOPING OR MARKETING OUR PRODUCTS.
 
We seek patent protection for our technology so as to prevent others from commercializing equivalent products in substantially less time and at substantially lower expense. The pharmaceutical industry places considerable importance on obtaining patent and trade secret protection for new technologies, products and processes. Our success will depend in part on our ability and that of parties from whom we license technology to:
 
—defend our patents and otherwise prevent others from infringing on our proprietary rights;
—protect our trade secrets; and
—operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others, both in the United States and in other countries.
 
The patent position of firms relying upon biotechnology is highly uncertain and involves complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles are unresolved. To date, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has not adopted a consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims that the United States Patent and Trademark Office allows in biotechnology patents or the degree of protection that these types of patents afford. As a result, there are risks that we may not develop or obtain rights to products or processes that are or may seem to be patentable.
 
We have received a request for information from a third party in response to the information we have set forth in the paragraph IV certification of the NDA we have filed for NitroMist. Such request no longer has any effect on PDUFA dates for such NDA. However, the request may be a precursor for a patent infringement claim by such third party. We do not believe that we have infringed on any intellectual property rights of such party and if such a claim is filed, we intend to vigorously defend our rights in response to such claim.
 
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EVEN IF WE OBTAIN PATENTS TO PROTECT OUR PRODUCTS, THOSE PATENTS MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY BROAD AND OTHERS COULD COMPETE WITH US.
 
We, and the parties licensing technologies to us, have filed various United States and foreign patent applications with respect to the products and technologies under our development, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices have issued patents with respect to our products and technologies. These patent applications include international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. We currently have five patents issued in the United States and five patents issued outside of the United States. In addition, we have approximately 120 patents pending worldwide. Our pending patent applications, those we may file in the future and those we may license from third parties may not result in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign patent office issuing patents. Also, if patent rights covering our products are not sufficiently broad, they may not provide us with sufficient proprietary protection or competitive advantages against competitors with similar products and technologies. Furthermore, if the United States Patent and Trademark Office or foreign patent offices issue patents to us or our licensors, others may challenge the patents or circumvent the patents, or the patent office or the courts may invalidate the patents. Thus, any patents we own or license from or to third parties may not provide any protection against competitors.
 
Furthermore, the life of our patents is limited. Such patents, which include relevant foreign patents, expire on various dates. We have filed, and when possible and appropriate, will file, other patent applications with respect to our products and processes in the United States and in foreign countries. We may not be able to develop additional products or processes that will be patentable or additional patents may not be issued to us. See also “Risk Factors - If we cannot meet requirements under our license agreements, we could lose the rights to our products”.
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES COULD LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO MARKET OUR PRODUCTS.
 
Our commercial success also significantly depends on our ability to operate without infringing the patents or violating the proprietary rights of others. The United States Patent and Trademark Office keeps United States patent applications confidential while the applications are pending. As a result, we cannot determine which inventions third parties claim in pending patent applications that they have filed. We may need to engage in litigation to defend or enforce our patent and license rights or to determine the scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. It will be expensive and time consuming to defend and enforce patent claims. Thus, even in those instances in which the outcome is favorable to us, the proceedings can result in the diversion of substantial resources from our other activities. An adverse determination may subject us to significant liabilities or require us to seek licenses that third parties may not grant to us or may only grant at rates that diminish or deplete the profitability of the products to us. An adverse determination could also require us to alter our products or processes or cease altogether any related research and development activities or product sales.
 
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IF WE CANNOT MEET REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR LICENSE AGREEMENTS, WE COULD LOSE THE RIGHTS TO OUR PRODUCTS.
 
We depend, in part, on licensing arrangements with third parties to maintain the intellectual property rights to our products under development. These agreements may require us to make payments and/or satisfy performance obligations in order to maintain our rights under these licensing arrangements. All of these agreements last either throughout the life of the patents, or with respect to other licensed technology, for a number of years after the first commercial sale of the relevant product.
 
In addition, we are responsible for the cost of filing and prosecuting certain patent applications and maintaining certain issued patents licensed to us. If we do not meet our obligations under our license agreements in a timely manner, we could lose the rights to our proprietary technology.
 
In addition, we may be required to obtain licenses to patents or other proprietary rights of third parties in connection with the development and use of our products and technologies. Licenses required under any such patents or proprietary rights might not be made available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
 
WE RELY ON CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS THAT COULD BE BREACHED AND MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.
 
Although we believe that we take reasonable steps to protect our intellectual property, including the use of agreements relating to the non-disclosure of confidential information to third parties, as well as agreements that purport to require the disclosure and assignment to us of the rights to the ideas, developments, discoveries and inventions of our employees and consultants while we employ them, the agreements can be difficult and costly to enforce. Although we seek to obtain these types of agreements from our consultants, advisors and research collaborators, to the extent that they apply or independently develop intellectual property in connection with any of our projects, disputes may arise as to the proprietary rights to this type of information. If a dispute arises, a court may determine that the right belongs to a third party, and enforcement of our rights can be costly and unpredictable. In addition, we will rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how that we will seek to protect in part by confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, advisors or others. Despite the protective measures we employ, we still face the risk that:
 
—they will breach these agreements;
—any agreements we obtain will not provide adequate remedies for this type of breach or that our trade secrets or proprietary know-how will otherwise become known or competitors will independently develop similar technology; and
—our competitors will independently discover our proprietary information and trade secrets.
 
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON EXISTING MANAGEMENT.
 
Our success is substantially dependent on the efforts and abilities of the principal members of our management team, especially our President and Chief Executive Officer, Gary A. Shangold, M.D., and our directors. Decisions concerning our business and our management are and will continue to be made or significantly influenced by these individuals. The loss or interruption of their continued services would have a materially adverse effect on our business operations and prospects. Although our employment agreements with members of management generally provide for severance payments that are contingent upon the applicable officer’s refraining from competition with us, the loss of any of these persons’ services would adversely affect our ability to develop and market our products and obtain necessary regulatory approvals, and the applicable noncompetition provisions can be difficult and costly to monitor and enforce. Further, we do not maintain key-man life insurance.
 
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Our future success also will depend in part on the continued service of our key scientific and management personnel and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional personnel, including scientific, development and manufacturing staff. We experience intense competition for qualified personnel, and the existence of non-competition agreements between prospective employees and their former employers may prevent us from hiring those individuals or subject us to suit from their former employers.
 
While we attempt to provide competitive compensation packages to attract and retain key personnel, some of our competitors are likely to have greater resources and more experience than we have, making it difficult for us to compete successfully for key personnel.
 
WE ARE CONTROLLED BY CURRENT STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
 
Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders and certain of our affiliates have the ability to influence the election of our directors and most other stockholder actions. Management and our affiliates currently beneficially own (including shares they have the right to acquire) greater than 30% of the common stock on a fully-diluted basis. Specifically, Dr. Rosenwald has the ability to exert significant influence over the election of the Board and other matters submitted to our stockholders for approval. Such positions may discourage or prevent any proposed takeover of NovaDel, including transactions in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over the then current market prices. Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders may influence corporate actions, including influencing elections of directors and significant corporate events.
 
THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR STOCK AND OUR EARNINGS MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY MARKET VOLATILITY.
 
The market price of the common stock, like that of many other development stage pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies, has been and is likely to continue to be volatile. In addition to general economic, political and market conditions, the price and trading volume of the common stock could fluctuate widely in response to many factors, including:
 
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—announcements of the results of clinical trials by us or our competitors;
—adverse reactions to products;
—governmental approvals, delays in expected governmental approvals or withdrawals of any prior governmental approvals or public or regulatory agency concerns regarding the safety or effectiveness of our products;
—changes in the United States or foreign regulatory policy during the period of product development;
—developments in patent or other proprietary rights, including any third party challenges of our intellectual property rights;
—announcements of technological innovations by us or our competitors;
—announcements of new products or new contracts by us or our competitors;
—actual or anticipated variations in our operating results due to the level of development expenses and other factors;
—changes in financial estimates by securities analysts and whether our earnings meet or exceed the estimates;
—conditions and trends in the pharmaceutical and other industries;
—new accounting standards; and
—the occurrence of any of the risks set forth in these Risk Factors.
 
Our common stock has been listed for quotation on the AMEX since May 11, 2004. Prior to May 11, 2004, our common stock was traded on the OTC Bulletin Board® of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. During the 12-month period ended May 31, 2005, the price of our common stock has ranged from $1.10 to $2.11. We expect the price of our common stock to remain volatile. The average daily trading volume in our common stock varies significantly. For the 12-month period ended May 31, 2005, the average daily trading volume in our common stock was approximately 46,063 shares. Our relatively low average volume and low average number of transactions per day may affect the ability of our stockholders to sell their shares in the public market at prevailing prices and a more active market may never develop.
 
In addition, our earnings and losses may be volatile because of our need to account for compensation expense on a variable accounting basis on certain of our outstanding stock options. The impact on our earnings and losses because of such expense will vary in relation to the volatility of our stock price. On October 20, 2004, our Board of Directors rescinded the cashless exercise provision for all of our outstanding option grants. As a result, we are no longer required to apply variable accounting to all of our option grants; however, variable option accounting may still be required for certain option grants, as disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2005.
 
In addition, we may not be able to continue to adhere to the strict listing criteria of the AMEX. If our common stock were no longer listed on the AMEX, investors might only be able to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board® or in the Pink Sheets® (a quotation medium operated by Pink Sheets LLC). This would impair the liquidity of our securities not only in the number of shares that could be bought and sold at a given price, which might be depressed by the relative illiquidity, but also through delays in the timing of transactions and reduction in media coverage.
 
In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of the securities of companies in our industry, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies in our industry. If we face securities litigation in the future, even if meritless or unsuccessful, it would result in substantial costs and a diversion of management attention and resources, which would negatively impact our business.
 
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PENNY STOCK REGULATIONS MAY IMPOSE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON MARKETABILITY OF OUR SECURITIES.
 
The Commission has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. As a result, our common stock is subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally those with assets in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouse). For transactions covered by such rules, the broker dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of such securities and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require the delivery, prior to the transaction, of a risk disclosure document mandated by the Commission relating to the penny stock market. The broker dealer must also disclose the commission payable to both the broker dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and, if the broker dealer is the sole market maker, the broker dealer must disclose this fact and the broker dealer’s presumed control over the market. Finally, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks. In addition, the Commission currently intends to create additional obligations with respect to the transfer of penny stocks. Most importantly, the Commission proposes that broker-dealers must wait two business days after providing buyers with disclosure materials regarding a security before effecting a transaction in such security. Consequently, the “penny stock” rules may restrict the ability of broker dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of investors to sell our securities in the secondary market and the price at which such purchasers can sell any such securities, thereby affecting the liquidity of the market for our common stock.
 
Stockholders should be aware that, according to the Commission, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include:
 
—control of the market for the security by one or more broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer;
—manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases;
—”boiler room” practices involving high pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons;
—excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and
—the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the inevitable collapse of those prices with consequent investor losses.
 
Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market.
 
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ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK AVAILABLE FOR ISSUANCE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET.
 
We are authorized to issue a total of 100,000,000 shares of common stock. As of May 31, 2005, there were 40,567,318 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. However, the total number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding does not include shares reserved in anticipation of the exercise of options or warrants. As of May 31, 2005, we had outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase approximately 26,982,839 shares of common stock, the exercise price of which range between $0.46 per share to $3.18 per share, and we have reserved shares of our common stock for issuance in connection with the potential exercise thereof. Of the reserved shares, a total of 4,400,000 shares are currently reserved for issuance in connection with our 1992, 1997 and 1998 Stock Option Plans, respectively, of which options to purchase an aggregate of 500,000, 500,000 and 2,675,500, shares have been issued under the respective stock option plans.  Another 4,500,000 shares are reserved for issuance and available for the non-plan options granted pursuant to the terms of the employment agreements of various of our current and former officers. To the extent such options or warrants are exercised, the holders of our common stock will experience further dilution. In addition, in the event that any future financing should be in the form of, be convertible into or exchangeable for, equity securities, and upon the exercise of options and warrants, investors may experience additional dilution. See “Risk Factors - Our additional financing requirements could result in dilution to existing stockholders”.
 
The exercise of the outstanding derivative securities will reduce the percentage of common stock held by our stockholders in relation to our aggregate outstanding capital stock. Further, the terms on which we could obtain additional capital during the life of the derivative securities may be adversely affected, and it should be expected that the holders of the derivative securities would exercise them at a time when we would be able to obtain equity capital on terms more favorable than those provided for by such derivative securities. As a result, any issuance of additional shares of our common stock may cause our current stockholders to suffer significant dilution which may adversely affect the market.
 
In addition to the above referenced shares of our common stock which may be issued without stockholder approval, we have 1,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock, the terms of which may be fixed by our Board of Directors. We presently have no issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock and while we have no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock, our Board of Directors has the authority, without stockholder approval, to create and issue one or more series of such preferred stock and to determine the voting, dividend and other rights of holders of such preferred stock. The issuance of any of such series of preferred stock may have an adverse effect on the holders of our common stock.
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET.
 
From time to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their shares of our common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, a stockholder (or stockholders whose shares are aggregated) who has satisfied a one year holding period may, under certain circumstances, sell within any three month period a number of securities which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of common stock or the average weekly trading volume of the class during the four calendar weeks prior to such sale. Rule 144 also permits, under certain circumstances, the sale of securities, without any limitation, by our stockholders that are non-affiliates that have satisfied a two year holding period. Any substantial sale of our common stock pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any resale prospectus may have material adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
 
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LIMITATION ON DIRECTOR/OFFICER LIABILITY.
 
As permitted by Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach of a director’s fiduciary duty except for liability in certain instances. As a result of our charter provision and Delaware law, stockholders may have limited rights to recover against directors for breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that we shall indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
WE HAVE NO HISTORY OF PAYING DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON STOCK.
 
We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We plan to retain any future earnings to finance growth. If we decide to pay dividends to the holders of our common stock, such dividends may not be paid on a timely basis.
 
PROVISIONS OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND DELAWARE LAW COULD DEFER A CHANGE OF OUR MANAGEMENT WHICH COULD DISCOURAGE OR DELAY OFFERS TO ACQUIRE US.
 
Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Delaware law may make it more difficult for someone to acquire control of us or for our stockholders to remove existing management, and might discourage a third party from offering to acquire us, even if a change in control or in management would be beneficial to our stockholders. For example, our Certificate of Incorporation allows us to issue shares of preferred stock without any vote or further action by our stockholders. Our Board has the authority to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. Our Board also has the authority to issue preferred stock without further stockholder approval, including large blocks of preferred stock. As a result, our Board could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that would grant to holders the preferred right to our assets upon liquidation, the right to receive dividend payments before dividends are distributed to the holders of our common stock and the right to the redemption of the shares, together with a premium, prior to the redemption of our common stock.
 
Forward-Looking Statements

The statements set forth under the captions “Company Summary” and elsewhere in this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors,” and those incorporated by reference herein which are not historical constitute “Forward Looking Statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future. We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect our views as of the date they are made with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
 
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Examples of the risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the inherent risks and uncertainties in developing products of the type we are developing; possible changes in our financial condition; the progress of our research and development; clinical trials require adequate supplies of drug substance and drug product, which may be difficult or uneconomical to procure or manufacture; timely obtaining sufficient patient enrollment in our clinical trials; the impact of development of competing therapies and/or technologies by other companies; our ability to obtain additional required financing to fund our research programs; our ability to enter into agreements with collaborators and the failure of collaborators to perform under their agreements with us; the progress of the FDA approvals in connection with the conduct of our clinical trials and the marketing of our products; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the additional costs and delays which may result from requirements imposed by the FDA in connection with obtaining the required approvals; and the risks related to our internal controls and procedures.

Except to the extent required by applicable laws or rules, we do not undertake any obligation or duty to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares owned by the selling security holders. However, we will receive proceeds from the exercise of outstanding warrants, if such warrants are exercised. The warrants contain provisions for cashless exercise. We intend to use all of such proceeds for working capital, research and development and general corporate purposes.

Selling Security Holders

On May 26, 2005, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the selling security holders listed in the table set forth below, except for Paramount BioCapital, with whom we entered into an Introduction Agreement on May 10, 2005. The table sets forth information with respect to the number of shares of common stock held by each selling security holders as of July 1, 2005, and the shares being offered by the selling security holders pursuant to this prospectus. The prior-to-offering figures are as of July 1, 2005. All share numbers are based on information that the selling security holders supplied to us. The table also indicates the nature of any position, office or other material relationship that any selling security holders has had with us within the past three years or any of our predecessors or affiliates. This prospectus relates to the offer and sale of the selling security holders of up to 9,426,234 shares of common stock, including 2,693,210 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants issued by us to the selling security holders, as applicable. The selling security holders may offer all or part of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus. Information with respect to shares owned beneficially after the offering assumes the sale of all of the shares offered and no other purchases or sales of common stock. The common stock offered by this prospectus may be offered from time to time by the selling security holders named below.
 
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The percentage interest of each selling security holder is based on the beneficial ownership of such selling security holder divided by the sum of the current outstanding shares of common stock plus the additional shares, if any, which would be issued to such selling security holder (but not any other selling stockholder) when exercising warrants or other rights in the future.

Name
 
Number of Shares of Common Stock, not including Warrants, Beneficially Owned
 
Number of Shares Represented by Warrants Beneficially Owned
 
Total Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
 
Percentage Beneficially Owned Before Offering
 
Number of Shares to be Offered for the Account of the Selling Security Holder
 
Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Beneficially Owned after this Offering
 
Percentage to be Beneficially Owned after this Offering
 
                               
ProQuest Investments III, L.P. (1)
   
3,663,612
   
1,282,264
   
4,945,876
   
11.8
%
 
4,945,876
   
0
   
0
 
ProQuest Investments II, L.P. (1)
   
930,000
   
325,500
   
1,255,500
   
3.1
%
 
1,255,500
   
0
   
0
 
ProQuest Investments II Advisors Fund, L.P. (1)
   
22,381
   
7,833
   
30,124
   
*
   
30,124
   
0
   
0
 
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
   
2,000,000
   
700,000
   
2,700,000
   
6.5
%
 
2,700,000
   
0
   
0
 
Isaac R. Dweck
   
182,657
   
68,930
   
251,587
   
*
   
53,730
   
197,857
   
*
 
Howard Gittis
   
356,905
   
79,676
   
436,581
   
1.1
%
 
63,964
   
372,617
   
*
 
Thomas J. Glennen
   
172,009
   
42,621
   
214,630
   
*
   
35,820
   
178,810
   
*
 
Leonard Grunstein
   
27,126
   
5,328
   
32,454
   
*
   
4,478
   
27,976
   
*
 
Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D (2)(3)
   
5,055,660
   
4,851,219
   
9,906,879
   
21.8
%
 
162,664
   
9,744,215
   
21.5
%
Michael Rosenman
   
0
   
52,223
   
52,223
   
*
   
794
   
51,429
   
*
 
Scott Katzmann
   
0
   
125,471
   
125,471
   
*
   
794
   
124,677
   
*
 
Timothy McInerney
   
64,844
   
535,809
   
600,653
   
1.5
%
 
160,399
   
440,254
   
1.1
%
Jeana Somers
   
0
   
5,000
   
5,000
   
*
   
5,000
   
0
   
0
 
Stephen Rocamboli
   
126,462
   
153,010
   
279,472
   
*
   
4,000
   
275,472
   
*
 
Louis Smookler
   
0
   
2,000
   
2,000
   
*
   
2,000
   
0
   
0
 
Basil Christakos
   
0
   
16,583
   
16,583
   
*
   
1,000
   
15,583
   
*
 
*    Less than 1%.

(1) ProQuest Associates III LLC (“Associates III”) is the general partner of ProQuest Investments III, L.P. ProQuest Associates II LLC (“Associates II”) is the general partner of ProQuest Investments II, L.P. and of ProQuest Investments II Advisors Fund, L.P. Jay Moorin and Alain Schreiber are managing members of Associates III and Associates II and have voting, dispositive and investment power with respect to the securities being offered hereunder. Each of Mr. Moorin and Mr. Schreiber disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of each such person’s respective pecuniary interest in such securities.

(2) Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. is the Chairman and sole shareholder of Paramount BioCapital. Paramount BioCapital and Dr. Rosenwald, and their affiliates beneficially own shares of common stock, and securities exercisable for shares of common stock, equal to approximately 25.5% of the outstanding shares of common stock after giving effect to the issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants, options and other convertible securities. Does not include warrants which are convertible into 1,074,660 shares of common stock (the “Trust Shares”) and are owned by certain trusts for the benefit of Dr. Rosenwald’s children. Dr. Rosenwald is not a trustee of these trusts and disclaims beneficial ownership of the Trust Shares, except to any pecuniary interest therein.
 
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(3) Dr. Rosenwald disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities issuable upon exercise of warrants held by employees of Paramount BioCapital.

The information contained in this table reflects “beneficial” ownership of common stock within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. As of July 1, 2005, we had 40,567,318 shares of common stock outstanding. Beneficial ownership information reflected in the table includes shares issuable upon the exercise of our outstanding warrants at their initial exercise prices. Except as set forth above, none of the selling security holders named in the preceding table has had any position, office or other material relationship with us or any of our affiliates within the past three years.

Plan of Distribution

Each selling security holder set forth above and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of its or their shares of common stock on the AMEX (or any of the other following markets or exchanges on which the common stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market) or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. Each selling security holder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares of common stock:
 
·  
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
·  
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
·  
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
·  
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
·  
privately negotiated transactions;
·  
settlement of short sales entered into after the date of this prospectus;
·  
broker-dealers may agree with any one or more selling security holders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
·  
a combination of any such methods of sale;
·  
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or
·  
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The selling security holders may also sell shares of our common stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling security holders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling security holders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440. In connection with the sale of shares of common stock or interests therein, the selling security holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of shares of common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling security holders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. The selling security holders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
 
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The selling security holders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling security holders has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the shares of common stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%). At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling security holders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
 
We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the shares registered by this prospectus. We have agreed to indemnify the selling security holders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because selling security holders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. Each selling security holder has advised us that it has not entered into any written or oral agreement, understanding or arrangement with any underwriter or broker-dealer regarding the sale of the resale shares. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the selling security holders. In addition, under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
 
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We have agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the selling security holders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to the prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect but in any event for no more than two years from the date on which all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Placement Warrants have been issued. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the shares of common stock for a period of two business days prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling security holders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the selling security holders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling security holders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale.
 
There can be no assurance that the selling security holders will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
We shall pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that the selling security holders will pay all underwriting discounts or broker or similar commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling security holders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling security holders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling security holders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling security holders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.
 
Once sold under the Registration Statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
 
The selling security holders are not restricted as to the price or prices at which they may sell their shares. Sales of the shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of the common stock. Moreover, the selling security holders are not restricted as to the number of shares that may be sold at any time, and it is possible that a significant number of shares could be sold at the same time, which may have an adverse effect on the market price of the common stock.
 
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Experts

The financial statements of NovaDel Pharma Inc. (“NovaDel”), appearing in NovaDel’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended July 31, 2004, have been audited by J.H. Cohn LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. The 2004 financial statements of NovaDel have been audited by J.H. Cohn LLP. The 2003 financial statements of Novadel appearing in NovaDel’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004, have been audited by Wiss & Company, LLP, our former independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference.

Legal Matters

The validity of the common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, New York, New York. From time to time it has represented, and will continue to represent, Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Paramount BioCapital and its affiliates, for which it has received, and will receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses. See “Risk Factors - There are Certain Interlocking Relationships and Potential Conflicts of Interest” for further information regarding our relationship with Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP and Dr. Rosenwald.

Where you can find additional Information

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. You may read and copy any document we file at the Commission’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Many of the filings we make with the Commission are also available to the public from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Website at “http://www.sec.gov.” We make available free of charge our annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information upon request. To request such materials, please send an e-mail to mspicer@novadel.com or contact Michael Spicer, our Chief Financial Officer at our address as set forth above.

We maintain a Website at “http://www.NovaDel.com” (this is not a hyperlink, you must visit this website through an Internet browser). Our Website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not incorporated into this Registration Statement.

We have filed with the Commission a Registration Statement (which contains this prospectus) on Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The registration statement relates to the common stock offered by the selling security holders. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Please refer to the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules for further information with respect to us and the common stock. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, we refer you to the copy of that contract or document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. You may read and obtain a copy of the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules from the Commission, as described in the preceding paragraph.
 
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Information Incorporated By Reference
 
The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents filed with Commission listed below:

1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004;

2. Our Quarterly Reports (unaudited) on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly periods ended October 31, 2004, January 31, 2005, and April 30, 2005; 

3. Our Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8K/A filed with the Commission on November 1, 2004, November 3, 2004, November 24, 2004, December 10, 2004, December 13, 2004, December 17, 2004, December 23, 2004, December 23, 2004, February 14, 2005, March 11, 2005, March 16, 2005, March 17, 2005, March 28, 2005, April 28, 2005, May 27, 2005, June 8, 2005, June 20, 2005, and July 21, 2005;

4. The description of our capital stock contained in our Registration Statements on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 19, 1997, and May 10, 2004; and

5. All documents we have filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement, as well as subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and to be a part of this prospectus from the date of the filing of the documents.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by sending an e-mail to mspicer@novadel.com and requesting any one or more of such filings or by contacting Michael Spicer, our Chief Financial Officer at the following address or telephone number: NovaDel Pharma Inc., 25 Minneakoning Road, Flemington, New Jersey 08822, Attention: Chief Financial Officer; (908) 782-3431. Exhibits to the documents will not be sent, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the Commission. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have authorized no one to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document.
 
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WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY DEALER, SALES PERSON OR OTHER PERSON TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE AN OFFER IS NOT PERMITTED. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS CURRENT AS OF ITS DATE, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR OF ANY SALE OF THE SHARES. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY OTHER DATE.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,426,234
shares of
common stock
 
 
 
 
_______________
 
PROSPECTUS
________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
________________, 2005
 
 

 
PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth an estimate of the fees and expenses payable by us in connection with the registration of the common stock offered hereby. We shall bear all expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered hereby, provided that normal commission expenses and brokerage fees are payable individually by the selling security holders. All amounts are estimated except the Commission registration fee.
 
Commission registration fee
 
$
1,298.08
 
Accounting fees and expenses
 
$
7,500.00
 
Attorneys’ fees and expenses
 
$
20,000.00
 
Miscellaneous
 
$
6,201.92
 
Total
 
$
35,000.00
 
 
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) empowers a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers and to purchase insurance with respect to liability arising out of the performance of their duties as directors and officers. The DGCL provides further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the corporation’s by-laws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

Article Nine of our Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 102 of the DGCL. Article Ten provides for indemnification of all persons whom we shall have the power to indemnify pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL.

The effect of the foregoing is to require us, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify our officers and directors for any claims arising against such persons in their official capacities if such persons acted in good faith and in a manner that they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

We currently have liability insurance coverage for our officers and directors.
 
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Item 16. Exhibits.

Exhibits are listed on the Exhibit Index at the end of this Registration Statement. The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-B, listed on such Exhibit Index in response to this Item, are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 17. Undertakings.
 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to:
 
(1)  File, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
 
(i) Include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of Securities Act;
 
(ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(B) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
(iii) Include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution.
 
(2)  For determining liability under the Securities Act treat each post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona fide offering.
 
(3)  File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
 
(4)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the small business issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the small business issuer has been advise that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Flemington, State of New Jersey, on July 26, 2005.
 
     
  NOVADEL PHARMA INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gary A. Shangold
 
Gary A. Shangold, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name
 
Title
 
Date
     
/s/ Gary A. Shangold
President, Chief Executive Officer
 
Gary A. Shangold, M.D.
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
July 26, 2005
     
/s/ Michael E.B. Spicer
Chief Financial Officer
 
Michael E.B. Spicer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
Thomas E. Bonney
Director
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
William F. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Director
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
Lawrence J. Kessel, M.D., FACP
Director
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.
Director
July 26, 2005
     
*
   
Robert G. Savage
Director
July 26, 2005

* The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does sign and execute this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 on behalf of the above-named Directors of the Registrant pursuant to a Power of Attorney executed by each such Director and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 on July 8, 2005.

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Form of Class D Warrant Certificate
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on May 27, 2005
5.1
Opinion of Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-126489, filed July 8, 2005
 
23.1
Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP
Filed herewith
     
23.2
Consent of Wiss & Company, LLP
Filed herewith
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in Signature Page to this Registration Statement on Form S-3
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-126489, filed July 8, 2005
 
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